(Stuart) The Stuart Police Department filed criminal charges Monday on Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr., a 21-year-old Indiana man, for his alleged involvement in several vehicle burglaries and thefts that occurred on the morning of March 12th in Stuart.
Jenkins is currently being held on a $10,000,000 bond in a Douglas County Nebraska jail for assaulting a police officer, use of a firearm to commit a felony and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest from an incident on March 12th where it is reported that Jenkins allegedly shot an Omaha Police Officer.
On the morning of March 12th, Jenkins was in Stuart and allegedly committed several vehicle burglaries. During these burglaries, several items were stolen from three unlocked vehicles including credit cards, a checkbook, and a firearm. At least one of the credit cards was used to purchase gasoline in Stuart. The firearm is believed to have later been used in the assault on the Omaha Police Officer. This case is not related to another series of vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts that occurred in Stuart on March 22nd.
The Stuart Police Department was assisted in this investigation by the Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska Police Departments and the Nebraska State Patrol.
Jenkins was formally charged Monday in Adair County with the following charges in connection with the March 12th burglaries and thefts: Trafficking Stolen Firearms, three counts of burglary in the third degree of a motor vehicle, unauthorized use of a credit card under $1,500, two counts of attempted burglary in the third degree, theft in the fourth degree, and two counts of theft in the fifth degree.
This is an ongoing investigation and additional charges may be filed.
